A Resilient Life Quotes

“The old cowboy doffs his hat and says, “Much obliged,” as an expression of gratitude. I’m obligated to you, he is saying. The words imply humility: that I cannot get along by myself. They imply reliance: that I need the people around me, that I need God. They imply value: that I recognize the cost involved in the giving. And the words imply gladness: that my life has been filled with the joy that comes when human beings connect in gracious ways. That’s”
― Gordon MacDonald, A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What

“Two issues mark decadent societies according to Paul: an unwillingness to acknowledge (or honor) the Creator, and a resistance to gratitude.”
― Gordon MacDonald, A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What

“Forgiveness, I came to see, is about cleaning up the memory by renouncing and flushing vengeful feelings about other people.”
― Gordon MacDonald, A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What

“God picks the weakest, the smallest, the meanest of men on the face of the earth, and he uses them.” There’s”
― Gordon MacDonald, A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What

“character doesn’t always result in the kind of success one wants.”
― Gordon MacDonald, A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What